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Franklin Peters Acoma Polychrome Wedding Vase. Signed on bottom Franklin Peters / Huwaka / Acoma, NM. Franklin Peters was born into the Sky Clan on Acoma Pueblo. He learned the art of pottery making as he grew up surrounded by some of Acoma’s most well known potters: Ella Peters (his mother), Florence Aragon, Rachel Aragon, Phyllis Juanico, Dorothy Torivio, Wilfred Garcia, Frederica Antonio, and Barbara and Joseph Cerno. In 2011 Franklin was honored with the 2011 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe. Keywords: Native American, Indian; Ref: BD1700